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Tarhasi block

Tarhasi Block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India situated in the bank of amanat river.

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Tarhasi
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Location of Tarhasi
Tarhasi
Location in jharkhand, India
Coordinates: 24°05′N 84°18′E / 24.08°N 84.30°E / 24.08; 84.30
Country India
StateJharkhand
DistrictPalamu
BlockTarhasi
Government
 • MLADevendra Singh (Bittu Singh)
Indian National Congress
Population
 (2001)
 • Total
86,139
Languages
 • OfficialMagahi, Hindi
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
822118
Websitepalamu.nic.in/Tarhasi.html

Tarhasi Block is one of the administrative blocks of Palamu district, Jharkhand state, India situated in the bank of amanat river.

Demographics

Religion in Tarhasi block (2011)1
Religion Percent
Hinduism
86.36%
Islam
13.25%
Other or not stated
0.39%

At the time of the 2011 census, Tarhasi block had a population of 81,297. Tarhasi block had a sex ratio of 940 females per 1000 males and a literacy rate of 63.56%: 74.47% for males and 51.94% for females. 13,717 (16.87%) were under 7 years of age. The entire population lived in rural areas. Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were 23,129 (28.45%) and 1,906 (2.34%) of the population, respectively.2

Languages of Tarhasi block (2011)3
  1. Hindi (94.81%)
  2. Urdu (5.14%)
  3. Others (0.05%)

Colleges and Schools in Tarhasi

  • SSMS Degree College Tarhasi
  • Govt. Middle School Tarhasi
  • IGG High School Tarhasi
  • RK+2 High School Tarhasi
  • Kashturba Gandhi Vidyalay
  • Kanya Prathamik Vidyalay

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